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Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s forthcoming Fine Chinese Painting Spring Sale 2009 will be held on 5th April 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sale will present exceptional works by outstanding artists from 19th to 20th century, comprising of collections namely ‘Reminiscence – 35 Years of Chinese Paintings in Sotheby’s Hong Kong’, ‘Exquisite Works from the Meijing Studio’, ‘Qi Baishi – Paintings from an Important Private Collection’, ‘Refined Elegance – Paintings from the Late Qing Royal Clan’, ‘Art of New China – Paintings after 1949’ and etc.. The total of 250 lots is expected to fetch approximately HK$70 million.

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Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Sale

Buyers with a taste for the rare and the exotic flocked to Waterloo on Sunday 1st March where the lifetime collection of Joan Bowers, went up for auction.

A glorious array of artifacts, antiques and furniture, sourced primarily from India and assembled over 30 years, took just under 5 hours to sell as 350 eager bidders competed for the most unusual and beautiful pieces. Those who weren’t lucky enough to get a seat, took advantage of the aisle to sit through the 400 lot sale.

Particular highlights of the auction included an important pair of sandstone lions which more than doubled their lower estimate, selling for $15,120. An impressive Shardi Pavillion, or wedding enclosure, also sold well above its estimate of $3,500 – 5,000 when it was knocked down at $8,160 including Buyer’s Premium. Perhaps one of the finest pieces in the sale was a Pichwai temple hanging depicting the lotus groves of the Jamuna river where Krishna sported in his youth – this stunning piece sold to a private buyer for $19,200.

A highly significant and poignant piece was a plaque which marked the place of a Royal sati – the Indian custom in which a widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husband’s pyre. Joan was astonished to find the plaque within a group of stone she bought for its weight price at a demolition site. The piece sold yesterday for $7,200.

With a fantastic result of 106% sold by value, National Head of Decorative Arts at Bonhams & Goodman, James Hendy, said ‘The sale was a huge success and showed that the market is always there for the unique and unusual items. This sale included items that are no longer readily available to the Australian market and people responded to this with the majority of items going directly to top end buyers’.

For sale results visit www.bonhamsandgoodman.com.au

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Joan Bowers Collection Auctioned at Bonhams & Goodman

Auctions International (LAI), formerly referred to as Live Global Bid, is proud to announce that Irelands leading car auction company www.merlincarauctions.ie/ Car Auctions (Merlin) has selected LAI’s Live Internet Auction software to provide www.liveblockauctions.com/ for its auctions. The innovative, real-time, seamless technology is being used worldwide in over 2000 monthly auctions! This
move reaffirms Merlin’s tradition of providing new avenues of service to its clients, both consignors and buyers.

Merlin Car Auctions Managing Director David Byrne said the company selected LAI to provide real-time, online auction bidding technology because they have a proven track record in delivery.

Merlin Live reacts to the needs of its customers by offering buyers, in today’s challenging market conditions, the greatest competitive advantage. This service enables buyers to access the physical auction, with live sound and video, and to bid alongside attendees at Merlin’s bi-weekly car auctions. The LAI system integrates on-line bidding by closely duplicating the traditional auction experience without altering the live-auction.

April 2008 saw Merlin raise the standards in the Irish car industry yet again when Merlin Car Auctions moved to a world class 20 acre facility in Naas Co. Kildare. The facility is the largest car auction site in the country, with over 500 cars running through the bi-weekly auction and is the only SIMI approved auction in Ireland. Merlin has developed some of the most efficient business processes ever seen in Ireland, it is easy to see why Merlin are the future of car auctions in Ireland.

LAI is excited to be working with Irelands leading; progressive auction house and we sincerely look forward to a long and prosperous relationship. Matt Pinch VP Operations, LiveBlock Auctions International.

LiveBlock Auctions International (LAI) is the World Leader in asset disposition software and solutions, headquartered in Canada and with offices in Sydney. Dedicated to being the industry leader in Research & Development, Innovation and Customer Service, LAI is rapidly growing worldwide. Over the years LAI has increased its client base to include clients throughout Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, UK and IRE. As a dynamic organization built on a solid foundation of experience, knowledge and talent, LAI will continue to be the number one provider of Live-Auction Technology. www.liveblockauctions.com/.

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Merlin Car Auctions Launches a New Era of Auctioneering in Ireland with Merlin Live

Spammers have managed to exploit vulnerabilities in Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers using eBay sites.

Using an XSS, or cross-site scripting attack that injected forbidden javascript elements stored on third-party websites, which allowed the eBay pages to contain outside email links and other unauthorized code while still evading toolbars designed to detect fraudulent listings.

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Hackers Attack eBay

On March 30th Sotheby’s will offer a fine selection of photographs ranging from one of the earliest images of New York City, to a modernist work by László Moholy-Nagy, to iconic images by photographic provocateur Robert Mapplethorpe. Also included will be images by many of the 20th century’s top photographers including Robert Frank, William Eggleston, […]

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Sotheby?s New York Photographs Auction